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adjective

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as in prone

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as in persuaded

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verb

past tense of predispose
as in influenced
formal to cause (someone) to be more likely to behave in a particular way or to be affected by a particular condition Past experiences have predisposed her to distrust people. Researchers have identified a gene that may predispose some people to the disease.

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Recent Examples of predisposed
Adjective
Some people are more predisposed to being in a state of sustained levels of stress, such as individuals with neurodivergent brains – who also often also have sleep disorders. — New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2026 Last year, 30 percent of lefties were pronator-biased (and therefore more predisposed to throwing a good non-splitter changeup) versus 26 percent of righties. — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 11 May 2026 Oracles are by their nature enigmatic, obscure, gnomic, a mode that the aleatory perambulations of the Eureka engine would seem predisposed toward producing, but narrative also has a venerable tradition of being mechanically generated, despite the seeming complexity of plot. — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026 Are older pop fans more predisposed to embrace The Life of a Showgirl than younger ones? — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2025 In that environment, incomplete or out-of-context information is often snipped, packaged to fit predisposed narratives and then rapidly amplified across text, short-form video or audio content. — David Ingram, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
Mice predisposed to retinal disease were being guarded and watched, around the clock, like tiny celebrities. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026 And chaga is high in oxalates, so if you’re predisposed to kidney stones, mushroom coffee with chaga might be risky, Moore says. — Stacey Colino, Time, 22 July 2026 People who are predisposed to certain risk factors can also get screened and meet regularly with an aortic specialist. — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 13 July 2026 Those with a family history of anxiety, for example, may be genetically predisposed. — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 12 July 2026 In other words, organisms are adapted — genetically predisposed — to achieve things by various means, and the goal is the aspect of fitness the behavior serves. — Quanta Magazine, 8 July 2026 One thing that's helped us tremendously in Sub-Saharan Africa is the PEPFAR program and immunization programs, in which people there thank the United States and are predisposed to work with us. — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 28 June 2026 Further testing two years later found that the family might be predisposed to ovarian or breast cancer, Evert told PBS in September 2022. — Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026 By pre-filtering leads, comparing options and shortlisting only the most relevant choices, AI delivers highly qualified, high-intent users who are often already predisposed toward a specific brand. — Avinash Tripathi, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predisposed
  1. prone
  2. swayed
  3. influenced
  4. minded
  5. convinced
  6. inclined
  7. disposed
  8. colored
Adjective
  • The garage flooded first, followed by two back rooms closest to the field out back that’s prone to flooding.
    — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The planes, for example, will cool their heels in the desert of Arizona, where the weather is more hospitable to their corrosion-prone bodies.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of prone
Adjective
  • One man who isn’t swayed is Japan’s richest investment mogul, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026
  • Most teams, in fact, decided from the start that pitchers were not in the best position and were liable to be too emotionally swayed to be entrusted with ABS challenges.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
Definition of swayed
Verb
  • Today, Houston is at the center of a vibrant barbecue scene that offers those traditional styles alongside new ones influenced by Asian and Tex-Mex flavors.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Deramas blueprint undeniably influenced other comedy directors such as Chris Martinez and Jun Robles Lana.
    — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of influenced
Adjective
  • Ricardo Baca, founder and CEO of the journalism-minded PR and marketing agency Grasslands, has spent a decade building The Grasslands Party and its Supperclub and Nightcap series around cannabis’s marquee conferences.
    — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • For architecture-minded buyers, the appeal may come down to originality and provenance — not just finishes.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of minded
Adjective
  • Lakovic sees the ice well enough, but scouts aren’t fully convinced on that aspect of his game.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Dostie, who worked with a skilled cadaver dog, had become convinced that there were more bodies buried at Barker Ranch, the Death Valley outpost where the Manson Family fled after the murders.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of convinced
Verb
  • The theorist, unlike the narrator, is inclined toward public speech.
    — Maya Binyam, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
  • All the more prescient, then, that Kunta would be inclined to tell his daughter his origin story, and teach her words in his native tongue.
    — Anne Haley, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of inclined
Adjective
  • In one chapter, Horsch, who died in 2025, claims to have murdered a woman and later disposed of her body through a chemical process.
    — Nate Sylves, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • That has raised concerns that pollutants could spread if the debris is not properly sorted and disposed of.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of disposed
Adjective
  • Pay attention to ordinary pleasures, like a warm bed on a cold night, a good cup of coffee, or a brightly colored bird outside the window.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Oyster shells—colored brown, gray, or white externally—have the roughest texture of the three bivalves.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
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